Jeffrey Hulum

Jeffrey Hulum III is a Democrat and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for District 119, first elected in a 2022 special election. He is a retired U.S. Army sergeant major who served six combat deployments and founder of the nonprofit Extend A Hand, Help A Friend. He won the March 10, 2026 Democratic primary for Mississippi's 4th District and cites the minimum wage, health care, and tariffs among his priorities.[1][2]

Hulum was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and says in his Ballotpedia survey that he grew up in the Gaston Point community of West Gulfport.[1][2] He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1996 and served 22 years, including six combat deployments to Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, retiring as a sergeant major; he says he received the Bronze Star.[2] He founded the nonprofit Extend A Hand, Help A Friend, which the Mississippi Free Press describes as working on food insecurity in Mississippi and which he says runs a mobile pantry, a free summer camp, and school-based food pantries and mentoring.[1][2][3]

Hulum won the July 19, 2022 special general election for Mississippi House District 119, 67.5% to 32.5% over Gary Fredericks, and assumed office on August 5, 2022. In 2025-2026 he was assigned to the Marine Resources (vice chairman), Ports, Harbors and Airports, Military Affairs, Tourism, and Gaming committees.[1] In 2026 he won the March 10 Democratic primary for the 4th District with 57.7% of the vote over Paul Blackman and D. Ryan Grover.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.